Welcome to the Department of Government !

The Department of Government covers a wide range of political science topics in Austrian and Comparative Politics. Research and teaching mainly focus on political competition and elections, governments and coalitions, political protest and politics of remembrance.

Further information on our team, current research projects and teaching can be found on the following pages.

Information on research of the research center 'Vienna Center for Electoral Research (VieCER)' can be found on the webpage of VieCER.

 News

The Department of Government, a subunit of the faculty of social science, is looking for an university assistant (post doc). Start of employment:...

Im Arbeitsbereich des Instituts für Staatswissenschaft, einer Subeinheit der Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaften, ist ein*e Organisationsassistent*in...

The Department of Government kindly invites you to the Seminar Series Talk by Isabelle Guinaudeau:

 

The Department of Government, a subunit of the faculty of social science, is looking for an university assistant (post doc) as a temporary replacement...

From March 1st Isabella Rebasso takes up her Prä doc position within the project 'PARTISAN' with Markus Wagner.

We are happy to welcome Isabel Kiani at our department and wish her a good start!

We are happy to welcome Markus Kollberg as Visiting PhD at our department and we wish him a nice time at the university of vienna.

Paneldiskussion: Medien und Demokratie

Im Rahmen einer Veranstaltung des Europäischen Jugendparlaments Österreich diskutierten am Freitag, den 17.2.2023, im Juridicum der Universität...

The Department of Government kindly invites you to the Seminar Series Talk by Elisabeth Ivarsflaten:

 

 

 

We are happy to welcome Fernando De La Cuesta as a Research Fellow at our department and wish him a great time.

We are happy to welcome Tadeáš Celý as a Visiting PhD at our department and we wish him a nice time at the university of vienna.

EVENTS
 

In 2016, the United Nations declared the day 11 February as International Day of Women and Girls in Science to promote gender equality in STEM fields....

News Archive

12.06.2020
 

Pitch a Thesis - online: Forschung und (Berufs-)Praxis für Sozialwissenschaftler*innen

Am 16. Juni, 13:00 bis 14:30 Uhr stellen Studierende aus dem Sowi-Bereich den Forschungszweck ihrer Abschlussarbeit vor.

24.04.2020
 

Announcement: post doc position for 4,25 years; application deadline: 30.05.

For a person with excellent knowledge of quantitative methods in the social sciences and interest in data science.

09.03.2020
 

The Effects of a Wall: Gender Attitudes and Political Gender Gaps in Unified Germany